History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, with Notices of Its Principal Framers, Volume 2Harper, 1863 |
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... , each State having one vote ; but as neither the powers conferred upon that body , nor the restraints imposed by the States upon themselves , were to be CH . L. ] 27 POSITION OF THE STATES . Position of the States in Convention 27,
... , each State having one vote ; but as neither the powers conferred upon that body , nor the restraints imposed by the States upon themselves , were to be CH . L. ] 27 POSITION OF THE STATES . Position of the States in Convention 27,
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... vote in the proceedings ; but neither the assent nor the dissent of a State , in the Convention , to the whole system , or to any part of it , bound the people of that State to receive or to reject it when it should come before them ...
... vote in the proceedings ; but neither the assent nor the dissent of a State , in the Convention , to the whole system , or to any part of it , bound the people of that State to receive or to reject it when it should come before them ...
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... to be established , consisting of a supreme legislative , ex- ecutive , and judiciary " ; and as this proposition was 1 Edmund Randolph . See ante , Vol . I. p . 480 . affirmed in the committee by a vote of six States.
... to be established , consisting of a supreme legislative , ex- ecutive , and judiciary " ; and as this proposition was 1 Edmund Randolph . See ante , Vol . I. p . 480 . affirmed in the committee by a vote of six States.
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... vote of Penn- sylvania , in compliance with the wishes of Dr. Franklin , was given for a single house . that the people were unsafe depositaries of such a power 36 FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION . [ Book IV . First Parties in the Convention.
... vote of Penn- sylvania , in compliance with the wishes of Dr. Franklin , was given for a single house . that the people were unsafe depositaries of such a power 36 FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION . [ Book IV . First Parties in the Convention.
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... vote in the Congress , they looked forward to the time when the relative wealth or population of the Colonies must regulate their suffrage in any future system of continental legislation . The character of the gov- ernment formed by the ...
... vote in the Congress , they looked forward to the time when the relative wealth or population of the Colonies must regulate their suffrage in any future system of continental legislation . The character of the gov- ernment formed by the ...
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